Sir George Simpson (c. – 7 September 1860) was a Scottish explorer and colonial governor of the Hudson's Bay Company during the period of its greatest power. From 1820 to 1860, he was in practice, if not in law, the British viceroy for the whole of Rupert's Land, an enormous territory in northern North America.
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1787 Dingwall, Ross-shire, Scotland
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7 September 1860 (aged 73) Lachine, Province of Canada
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